I will be ranking TCOM as my # 1 next cycle, and will likely do EDP if the admissions folks think I am a strong candidate. If offered multiple pre-match offers, I will almost certainly take TCOM, barring some outstanding interview experiences elsewhere that change my mind (this is unlikely, as I have done a pretty good amount of research already on the schools I will be applying to.)
In my mind, med school acceptance has never been about allo v. osteo or just getting into wherever accepts me...my biggest goal has always been to get accepted at a school who's culture and institutional values closely match my own.
It doesn't mean other schools are bad, they just aren't right for me. It doesn't even mean that I would be miserable at another school, I just feel like TCOM hits all of the points I want in a school, and this means it is the institution where I will have the highest likelihood of success.
4 years at medical school is hard enough as it is...you should do it somewhere where you will be happiest (or least miserable...) All the "prestige" of going to a big name school (DO or MD) can not make up for going through 4 years of hell in a place you are miserable at.
